Several HLA faculty members were recently featured in the media. Purdue’s College of Agriculture highlighted the recent grant for Dr. Lori. Hoagland’s TOMI Project: Purdue-led TOMI project receives $3.5M grant to turn a decade of data into new tools and strategies for tomato farmers Purdue’s College of Agriculture also featured Dr. Ariana Torres’s work on[Read More…]
The “Irrigation Workshop for Small-Scale Producers” took place on September 4 at the Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center. This event is part of an ISDA, Indiana Specialty Crop Block Grant project led by Wenjing Guan and Liz Maynard. Co-hosted by Purdue Extension, NRCS, and Urban Soil Health, speakers included Cara Bergschneider, NRCS State Urban and Small-Scale[Read More…]
Ashley Adair, Chris Adair, Moriah Bilenky, Emmanuel Cooper, Celia Corado, Josué Cerritos García, Wenjing Guan, Petrus Langenhoven, Liz Maynard, Steve Meyers, Karen Mitchell, Jean Zavala and Linda Prokopy all attended the Indiana Small Farm Conference, which took place 2/29 and 3/1 last week. Ashley Adair presented a cover crops demonstration on 2/29 and facilitated the[Read More…]
Petrus Langenhoven, Nathan Shoaf, Liz Maynard, Ashley Adair, Stephen Meyers, Jeanine Arana, and Emmanuel Cooper attended and presented at the Midwest Cover Crop Council meeting, which took place on February 13-14, 2024, in Indianapolis. Oral presentations for the Specialty Crops session. Presentation titles and authors: “Sweet Pepper Variety Performance in Response to Soil Health Management”[Read More…]
